BBC nieuws

• Wildfire in southern Spain leaves at least 12 dead and 23 missing

  A local official said four of the victims may be British after a fire broke out near Los Gallardos, Almería.

• Meet the crypto billionaires building a world where money buys you a vote

  They think democracy has run its course - so they're setting up their own nations instead.

• East Asia braces for destructive typhoon as landslides kill 15 in Philippines

  Heading for Taiwan and south-eastern China, the 1,000 km-wide Bavi is forecast to be one of the strongest storms in decades.

• Forced to wait his turn, Marine Le Pen's deputy Bardella returns to the shadows

  Thirty-year-old Jordan Bardella had been groomed for success as France's next hard-right leader. He will now have to wait longer.

• Zulu king expresses regret after video captures tirade against his wife

  In the footage widely shared in South Africa, King Misuzulu threatens to physically assault his wife and accuses her of cheating.

• Man fatally shot by ICE in Houston was not intended target, DHS says

  Immigration agents were looking for a different person when they shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a traffic stop, officials say.

• Man nearly sucked out of window mid-air on Ryanair plane, passengers say

  The man's wife held onto his legs for around five minutes to stop him from being sucked out, officials say.

• New dinosaur species with neck as long as cricket pitch discovered in Thailand

  The plant-eating dinosaur, named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, is thought to have lived about 150 million years ago.

• Apple sues OpenAI, its employees claiming theft of trade secrets

  Apple said in a Friday lawsuit that OpenAI’s nascent hardware business is “rotten to its core.”

• China lands reusable rocket for first time, state media says

  It follows similar landings of reusable rockets by US-owned companies SpaceX and Blue Origin.

• Nolan Wells' family demands answers about US teen's death after boating trip

  Wells' body was found in the water near Mississippi's Horn Island days after he went on a boating trip there with friends.

• Superb Sinner ends Djokovic's latest bid for history

  Jannik Sinner produces a devastating display to end Novak Djokovic's latest bid for history and set up a Wimbledon final against Alexander Zverev.

• Ukraine strikes Russian ships near Crimea, escalating attacks on fuel supplies

  The attacks appear to be the latest phase of Ukraine's bid to choke off supplies and routes into and out of occupied Crimea.

• Twelve men and 12 women enter a Buddhist temple - will the monks help them find love?

  Dating can be hard in South Korea. A group of monks hope a 30-hour rural retreat can help.

• How an app in South Korea will let victims track their stalkers

  Officials say the app will help stalking victims, but some experts question the impact it might have.

• All the best looks from Paris Haute Couture Week 2026

  Scorching temperatures in the French capital accompanied the hottest week in haute couture.

• We've saved £6,000 on holidays by swapping homes with strangers

  The BBC looks at the growing trend of people swapping homes to cut holiday costs.

• Watch: Inside the 30-hour dating retreat run by monks

  Forget coffee or drinks, the latest dating trend in South Korea takes place somewhere very different, a Buddhist temple.

• Boxy forms and odd lights: US declassifies more UFO files

  The US government published a fourth instalment of unresolved cases, promising to release more files on a rolling basis.

• Watch: What links a bomb in Monaco and a shooting in Ukraine?

  A Ukrainian intelligence agent who confessed to killing the woman suspected of trying to assassinate a multimillionaire in Monaco, has now claimed he did not pull the trigger.

• What's next for Iran after the funeral of their late supreme leader?

  The BBC's chief international correspondent looks at how Iran's new leadership will respond to several issues affecting the country.